Kolyshkin: Community vs. Enterprise

“A few years ago both Red Hat and SUSE (now Novell) changed the
way they release their distributions. Essentially, they split their
distros into two varieties: ‘community’ and ‘enterprise.’ Community
is Red Hat’s Fedora and Novell’s OpenSUSE. Enterprise is Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLES).
Why is that, and is such a division good for everyone?

“Community distros are bleeding-edge, the latest software, and
come with a high rate of updates. These are intended for hackers,
enthusiasts, all us Linux geeks. And yes, these are available for
free: download an ISO, burn, install…”

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